Drying-rack.



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IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 4r PATENTED-JULY 17, 1906.

AMBROSE S. WALLEY, OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA.

DRYING-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Application filed November 25,1904. Serial No. 234,136.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMBROSE S. WALLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stanford University, in the county of Santa Clara and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drying-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a rack especially adapted to be used for drying photographic films of the style that does not curl up after being developed; and it consists of a bracket adapted to be secured rigidly to a shelf or Wall so as to extend at right angles thereto and provided with arms for grasping the films frictionally and holding them pendent from the bracket.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, I have illustrated my invention inthe following views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my rack in position and filled with films, and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the rack alone.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that my improved rack is made up of a single piece of wire a, having one end threaded to form a screw 0/, by which the device may be screwed into a shelf or wall, as b. The rod is bent upon itself at right angles Where the threads end to form a brace c, which rests against the face of the wall I) and serves to retain the rack in a horizontal position. The rod is also bent upon itself to form a plurality of arms at, which extend horizontally on opposite sides of the device and are suitably spaced apart and staggered in their arrangement, so that the films 6 when held by said arms will not interfere with each other. The portions of the rod which form these arms lie in contact with each other, and to insert a film therebetween it is necessary to spread them apart slightly so as to receive the upper edge of the film, which they grasp by frictional contact. The outer end of the rod is bent to form an eye a which serves merely as a finish to the device. The films when placed in this rack hang down and can be'readily selected by such light as the usual dark room affords. This rack can be made strong enough to hold thin glass plates and, in fact, is capable of other uses than that for which it is especially designed.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rack consisting of a single rod bent to form a plurality of double arms extending from opposite sides of the center of the rack, the members of each arm being in frictional contact with each other, and one end of said rod being adapted to be driven into a suitable support.

2. A rack consisting of a single rod having a portion adapted to be driven into a suitable support and bent to form a brace extending at right angles to said portion, and also bent to form a plurality of double arms extending at right angles from and at opposite sides of the center of said rack, the members of each arm being in frictional contact with each other.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMBROSE S. WALLEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. TUPMAN, M. E. SPRoAT. 

